‘Once Upon A Time': Why [SPOILER] Will Be The Show’s Best Princess

In a show chock-full of the most iconic princesses in fairy tale history, the last few moments of the Season Three finale injected some new blood into Storybrooke, guaranteeing that next season will be even wilder — and even better.

The Season Three finale of Once Upon a Time wrapped up everything pretty nicely, with Emma (Jennifer Morrison) finally embracing Storybrooke and her family, but it was the episode’s last few seconds that has everyone talking. Emma’s time-traveling portal accidentally brought back a shocking new character that will slam together the classic characters of OUAT with the new guard of fairy tales.

‘Once Upon A Time’ Introduces A New Princess

Though we never saw her face when she emerged from Emma’s portal, all anyone needed to see was the jagged bolt of ice she shot out of her hand to realize who had arrived in Storybrooke. That’s right — Elsa from the 2013 breakout movie, Frozen.

Since the makers OUAT just love making us thirst for more, they dropped the curtain on the third season before we could learn pretty much anything about Elsa and her relationship with the show’s narrative — why she was in Rumple’s high security vault, for instance, or if her sister Anna is somewhere — but it seemed pretty clear that she was furious about something, and I’m going to spend all summer coming up with theories to explain why.

But the details hardly matter. The bottom line is that Elsa has arrived, and Once Upon a Time has never had more promise and potential heading into a new season. Can I get a “Let It Go?”

‘OUAT': With Elsa, The Show Can Go Anywhere

Up until now, OUAT has drawn on mostly classic fairy tale characters. They tested the modern waters with Mulan at the beginning of this season, but taking a stab at Elsa, the star of the biggest fairy tale movie in years, feels much more momentous. Bringing the Frozen queen into the fold will push the show to places it’s never been, and whereas most of OUAT‘s previous storylines have been inspired by tales already told, Elsa, a princess who doesn’t have as much pre-established mythology behind her, will allow the show to weave wholly new stories all on their own.

And bringing in such a foreign character will bring new sides out of everyone — Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret, and especially Rumple it seems.

Elsa’s arrival on Once Upon a Time also opens a portal for more modern characters to jump through and join Storybrooke. Like I said, more Frozen characters like Princess Anna, Kristoff and Olaf (please!) could be joining Elsa, and more modern fairy tales are now fair game too. There’s already been talk of getting Merida from Brave onto the show!

OUAT is at a serous crossroads in the series, but with Elsa leading the way, the sky really is the limit. Don’t you agree, HollywoodLifers? Let me know.

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Stephie

Posted at 3:31 PM on May 13, 2014

I beg to differ. Has Elsa been confirmed by the cast or writers for next season? There is more than one “Ice Queen” let us not forget the Ice Witch of Narnia. I think THAT would be much more original than throwing Elsa into the mix, which every child or there loves right now, to be made evil or mean.

I’m really excited that they brought in Elsa ~ I’m super pissed they brought in Marian!!! Seriously ~ Please, Please, Please DO NOT make Regina evil again!!!! They have spent way too much time developing her story arc and she’s worked super hard to be Good! I Love Regina Good!!! Have Elsa kill off Marian ~ Problem solved. ;)

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Most of the Disney princesses arent original either. Hans Christian Andersen created the Little Mermaid, as well as many other well known Disney tales. Including the Snow Queen, the original inspiration for Frozen. Disney originally wanted to create all of Andersen’s fairy tales into movies, and the Snow Queen was actually in the making while Disney was alive but he wasn’t satisfied that the story would be relatable to viewers, so it was stashed away for another time. Time goes by and Frozen is created after bringing this idea back.